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The Acton Institute will hold a day-long conference entitled Whole Life Discipleship: Integrating Faith, Economics, & Work on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. The purpose of this conference is to teach and discuss the important connection between economic principles, religion, and everyday life in light of Biblical principles. As part of this conference, Dr. Hunter Baker will present the 11 th Annual Calihan Lecture and receive the 2011 Novak Award.

Pricing Individual Seats $35 adults, $15 students Table Sponsorship $500 Table sponsorship benefits VIP seating for your table of 8 guests Recognition in our program, from the podium, and on Acton’s website A copy of Acton Media’s documentary, The Birth of Freedom, and the companion study guide for you and your guests For additional information, please contact Kimberly Brink at 616.454.3080 or [email protected].

Acton University is a unique, four-day exploration of the intellectual foundations of a free society. Guided by a distinguished, international faculty, Acton University is an opportunity to deepen your knowledge and integrate rigorous philosophy, Christian theology and sound economics.

Please contact Kimberly Brink at 616.454.3080 for ticket availability. Please join us in welcoming IHS president Ms. Marty Zupan and other IHS leadership staff to Grand Rapids for a complimentary luncheon at our office on May 26, 2011 at 12 noon. There is no cost to attend this luncheon, but registration is requested.

About the Event Fair trade is an enormously popular idea in Christian and secular circles alike. Who, after all, could be against fairness? There are now fair trade certified products as varied as coffee, chocolate, fruit, and, most appropriate for an Acton on Tap audience, beer. Victor V. Claar, associate professor of economics at Henderson State University and co-author of Economics in Christian Perspective, however, raises significant economic and moral questions about both the logic and economic reasoning underlying the fair trade movement.

Our culture is beginning to disintegrate. Greed, corruption, fraud, deceit, scandal populate the headlines. What precipitated this crisis? “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon the world.” -Albert Camus

Pricing: Individual seats $35 Student Rate $15 Table Sponsorship $500 Sponsorship includes: VIP seating for your table of 8 guests Recognition of you or your company in our program, from the podium, and on Acton’s website Signed copies of Rev. Sirico’s Entrepreneurial Vocation and the film which it inspired, The Call of the Entrepreneur

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